November 7 - 11

Song(s) Sung Blue

The Music of Neil Diamond & Barry Manilow

Songs like Mandy and Sweet Caroline are sure to keep you singing along throughout this memorable night of music!

The Space

Ruby Room

More about the show

With more than fifty top ten hits between them, Neil Diamond and Barry Manilow provided us with a countless number of timeless, chart-topping tunes that had us dancing one moment and crying the next. Songs like Mandy and Sweet Caroline are sure to keep you singing along throughout this memorable night of music!

FIVE PERFORMANCES
7:30pm
 ~ Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday  
2pm ~ Sunday

 

The Ruby Room series is hybrid nightclub/concert experience that celebrates Artists who have made a significant impact on American music and culture. Cocktails are curated to coincide with the evening’s performance. Join us for martinis, music, and mood…

Cast & Creative Team

HOSTED BY
Tim Scott

VOCALISTS
Seth Golay
Jacob Swaney
Douglass Walker

PIANO & MUSIC DIRECTOR
Ty Tuttle

LIGHTING SUPERVISOR
Shelbi Arndt

AUDIO SUPERVISOR
Jon Robertson

Curated  by Linnaia McKenzie

Performers

Seth Golay

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Seth last appeared at MTH in the 2021 production of COMPANY, in the role of Bobby. Other MTH: Bernstein’s Broadway, Big River, many Musial Mondays; Off-Broadway: Lucky Duck; Select Local: The Front Page; Winesburg, Ohio; Sunday In The Park With George; A Christmas Carol (KC Rep); Bat Boy, [title of show], Buyer & Cellar, Grey Gardens (Unicorn Theatre); Anything Goes, Cinderella (Starlight); Hairspray (New Theatre); Suessical, Stuart Little (Coterie); Tapestry (Quality Hill Playhouse)

Jacob Swaney

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Jacob, a proud Kansas City native, is ecstatic to be back on stage and making his debut with MTH. After a few years away, he’s eager to dive back into the world of theatre, and music. No stranger to the spotlight he spent five seasons as a Live Entertainment Performer at Worlds of Fun, diving into the world of music revues. Some of Jacob’s favorite past roles include Rocky in Rocky Horror Picture Show, Link Larkin in Hairspray, and his role in the Kansas City Premier of Sunset Boulevard at The White Theatre. He sends endless thanks to his family for their constant support of his love for theatre and music, and a special shout-out to his best friend and partner, Vincent for always being there.

Tim Scott

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Tim has appeared in many concet productions and has hosted tons of live events from musical shows to cooking competitons to Major League baseball games. He performed and hosted last year’s Ruby Room show SOUND OF SILENCE as well as appearing in last season’s THE SECRET GARDEN at MTH, as well. In 2022, Tim made his principal debut in Lyric Opera of Kansas City’s The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs. As a performer, Tim has appeared on nearly every professional stage in Kansas City, somewhat recently at KC Rep in Sweeney Todd and the world premiers The Last Days of Summer and Between The Lines. Select credits outside of Kansas City include the Off Broadway and NYC premier of Lucky Duck at the New Victory Theatre, The Phantom of The Opera at Riverside Civic Light Opera, as well as the National Touring production of Beauty and the Beast… but that was a long time ago. His all time favorite role is daddy to Bella Maria and Sophia Napoli, to whom he dedicates this and every performance. Tim also serves as Chief Executive & Artistic Director for Music Theater Heritage.

Douglass Walker

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Douglass is a native of KC and has been singing since the age of 10. He started singing in church and his love for singing grew from there and transitioned to the stage. He is thrilled and excited to return to MTH! Performance credits include- MTH: Porgy and Bess, In The Heights; STEVIE; Spinning Tree Theatre: Billy Elliot, Once On This Island, Caroline or Change; The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City: 5 Guys Named Moe, A Soldier’s Play, Memphis (2018), and OTHELLO: A Hip-Hop Remix, The Black Repertory Theatre & The White Theatre at the J; Memphis(2022). Douglass would like to thank his family for their support. A special thanks goes to his beautiful and loving wife, Melonnie Walker.

Musicians

Ty Tuttle

Piano/music director

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Ty Tuttle is a KC-based pianist and musical theatre coach. An Illinois native, he received his Master’s degree in Vocal Coaching and Accompanying from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has since served as an accompanist at several theaters and universities in the Midwest.

Recent Credits: Sweeney Todd, La Cage aux Folles, A Chorus Line, Secret Garden, Titanic, Godspell (MTH), Mamma Mia! (Central Illinois Stage Co.), and Legally Blonde (Starlight).

Nsikoh

Bass

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Originally from Cameroon in Central Africa, Nsikoh (See-Ko) came to the U.S in 2014 with the dream of becoming one of the most prolific Bass players in the World. He started his journey at KCKCC under the mentorship of Jim Mair, who introduced him to the world of Jazz and to the music scene in KC. Later on while pursuing his associates degree in general studies, he started playing full time in the city at some of the most famous clubs “the Green Lady Lounge, The Black Dolphin, the Phoenix, Johnnie’s, The Blue Room, etc..“ with influential musicians and bands in the city such as Tim Withmer, Lonnie McFadden, Desmond Mason, Hot club KC, Son of Venezuela, The Ernesto J Band and many more… From those experiences his dreams have become bigger and are pushing him to pursue higher goals (entrepreneurship and public speaking) to inspire and teach people how to live a life of purpose.

Tod Barnard

Drums

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Tod Barnard (Drums/Percussion): Most recently at MTH: “Porgy and Bess” and “Bubbles & Broadway” both on the Grand Stage. Performance experiences include: Starlight Theatre (most recent – 2024: “West Side Story”), KC Rep, KCKCC, Unicorn Theatre, The Coterie, The New Theatre, Jewish Community Center, Eventology LLC, KC Symphony and Pops, Worlds of Fun, All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church and The Tom Jacobs Ensemble. Other: orchestrations and arrangements for various entities including MTH, Starlight Theatre and KC Rep. Previous: road stints with the Broadway Tour of PETER PAN starring Cathy Rigby and the National Tour of CATS.

Jeff Stocks

Guitar

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